Combined comb and curling-iron



(No Model.)

G. L. THOMPSON.

COMBINED 00MB AND GURLING IRON.

No. 404,129. Patented'May 28, 1889.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. THOMPSON, OF CHICAGO', ILLINOIS.

COMBINED CONIB AND CURLING-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,129, dated May 28, 1889.

Application ledDecember 20, 1888. Serial No. 294,187. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. THOMPSON, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Comb and Curling-Iron; and I do hereby declare that the. following is a full, clear, and eXact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to combined combs and curling-irons; and it consists in the features hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Heretofore curling-irons of this class have been made of cast metal, having the teeth integral with the back. When so made, the teeth of the comb have been necessarily very broad at the base, and after the teeth have been cut angles are left at their bases, which, with the straight bottoms of the cuts between the teeth,make the back other than cylindric and produce an unsymmetrical curl of the hair.

A part of this improvement consists in making the comb-teeth of a separate thin plate of steel or other suitable metal set in a cylindric back, so that in the iinished article the back is perfectly or substantially cylindric.

Another part of the invention consists in the mode of connecting the tooth-plate with the back, substantially as shown and hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view'of my improved comb and cui-1er. Fig. 2 is a view of the comb-plate detached and having the teeth indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a view of the combback viewed from the top side and before the blade or tooth-plate is inserted. Fig. L is a view of the under or inner side of the back before insertion of the tooth-plate, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal central section of the completed implement through the channel which is cut in the cylindric back to receive the tooth-plate.

A represents the cylindric back of the combined comb and curler, B the handle, and C the comb-teeth or tooth-plate. The back A is preferably made from a solid steel rod drilled at one end to receive the handle B; but it may be a cylindric tube, if preferred. It is provided with a milled or otherwise formed slot, a, to receive the comb-plate C, which slot, as illustrated, extends entirely through the cylinder A, forming the opening a. (Seen in Figs.3and4.) Ihave found that the slot a a may be, on the whole, most economically produced by means of a millingtool having suitable diameter to give the desired length to the slot for the comb on the under or inner side of the back, while protruding centrally through the back to form the opening a. In the use of this size of milling-tool no relative longitudinal movement of the back or cylinderA need be made in cutting the slot; but, if preferred, a smaller milling-tool may be employed and a longitudinal motion given to the back in cutting it to produce a slot of the desired length on the comb side ofthe back A, and the tool may be then forced through and out at the back of the cylinder A to give the opening a. Whatever the shape of the slot, however, it is desirable that the tooth-plate C shall essentially conform therewith, and it is therefore shown in Figs. 2 and 5 as having its back edge of the same curve as the periphery of the larger milling-tool above referred to.

The comb-plate C protrudes through the opening a at the top of the comb-back, as indicated in Fig. 5, which permits the same to be upset within the slot and then cut or ground off to give a smooth and even surface with the top of the comb-back, as shown in Fig. l. Thus secured, the comb-plate is not readily detachable from the back or cylinder A, notwithstanding its exposure to wide changes of temperature in the legitimate use of the implement.

In Fig. 2 the teeth in the comb-plate C are indicated by dotted lines as yet uncut7 but in Fig 5 as being cut. The cutting of the teeth will be performed before the plates are inserted,but they are cut to such a depth as to bring the bottoms of the notches substantially in line with the surface of the cylindric back A, as shown in Fig. 5. The tooth-plate C therefore practically only fills the slot on the comb side or inner side of the back A, as it IOO producing symmetrical curls of the hair.4 It

is obvious, moreover, that by reason of the comb-teeth being so thin at their base they leave a larger amount of unbroken cylindric surface on the part of the back A, which also contributes to the result desired. It is a still further advantage of making the toothplate O separate from the back and of sheetsteel or other irm metal that the teeth, While thin, are also strong, and therefore far less,

liable to break than would be the case if the teeth were of the cast-metal construction previously employed.

The hole A drilled in the end of the prolongation of the cylindric back A, to receive the handle B; is made,- as shown in Fig. 5, much deeper than is necessary, to receive the tenon on the handle, and in the unoccupied portion of said recess A several holes, a2, are drilled to VVentilate the latter, so that the handle will not be heated or burned from heating the comb and its back. This, however, is a feature which is described in an application for Letters Patent of the United any other means for fastening the parts together, I do notwish to be restricted to the particular mode shown and described, since, obviously, the slot may be so shallow-as not to extend through the back, and through-rivets may be employed to hold the comb-plate in the back.

I claim as my invention* l. A combined comb and curler consisting of a solid cylindric metal back provided with a longitudinal slot and a flat metal combplate inserted and immovably secured in said slot7 with the inner ends of the slots or spaces between its teeth substantially flush With the adjacent parts of the back, thereby forming a cylindric surface about which the hair may be Wrapped in curling the same, substantially as described. 2. The combined comb and curler consisting of the metal cylinder A, providedwith a through-slot, a a', and the comb-plate C, eX- tending through the back in said slot and secured by a heading or lateral enlargement at the opening a of the back, substantially as described. p p

In. testimony that I claim the foregoing .as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. A, Y

GEORGE L. THOMPSON. Witnesses:

M. E. DAYTON, TAYLOR E. BROWN. 

